Paulyw1985 0 Posted April 29, 2000 I need help, SERIOUS HELP i need nortons utilities 2000 to work with win 2k, and i know it wont, but i heard there is some kind of different version or something, i dunno for sure, but i need help please tell me if there is some kind of program of equivalent to nortons that is compatible with win 2k, or if there is a dif. version for win 2k, or if there is a fix, OR ANYTHING that will help my dilema thanks Share this post Link to post
YuppieScum 0 Posted April 30, 2000 Which bit of Norton 2000 do you actually need to work? Share this post Link to post
Paulyw1985 0 Posted April 30, 2000 well i need the defragmenter, the benchmark, the crash guard, everything basicaly i got the anti virus runnin, but utilities, no thats stupid, they should make both things work thanks Share this post Link to post
Fireman 0 Posted April 30, 2000 Hi, Quote: Originally posted by Paulyw1985: well i need the defragmenter, the benchmark, the crash guard, everything basicaly i got the anti virus runnin, but utilities, no thats stupid, they should make both things work thanks Hmmmm, normally no one of the progs of NU2000 is designed to work under Win2k, they're ment for Win9x But under ftp://ftp.symantec.com/misc/americas/sabu/sdnt/sdnt215.zip you can get the beta of Norton SpeedDisk for Win2k - they give the beta away for free to test it! ------------------ Ciao, Robert --- Share this post Link to post
Noodlez 0 Posted April 30, 2000 Here is a great page about what they plan on doing, http://www.symantec.com/windows2000/grid.html Share this post Link to post
Shrink 0 Posted April 30, 2000 Get Ontrack's Fix It Utilites 2000 - it is 100% compatible with Win2k, does pretty much everything that NU2000 does, and a little Birdy named Fosi is giving it away (but you didn't hear it from me) <g>. ------------------ Shrink 92% of the things we worry about don't happen - but the other 8% DO! PIII 450@504 Soltek SL67B Mobo with 128 mb pc100 20 gig Quantum KX 8 gig Quantum CR SBlive Value Voodooo3 3000 AGP ... and a bunch of USB Stuff Windows 2000 Pro Retail Share this post Link to post
Paulyw1985 0 Posted April 30, 2000 Hey man, this program totally ****ed up my comp. i installed it, (symantec speed disk of the ftp) and after installation i ran it, and i left it running. i came back to see whats happening and it was a black screen. i tried all possible controls, and all, but nothing. so i rebooted, and i got a blue screen. i rebooted, and same thing. i reinstalled win 2000 2 times, same thing now im in the process of checking for bad sectors i dunno... please help if you know whats up Share this post Link to post
r0cko 0 Posted April 30, 2000 im gonna try that speed disk beta anyone else tried it? im hoping Paulyw1985 is just a user error. Share this post Link to post
Ge0ph 0 Posted April 30, 2000 MY vote is for Fix It Utilites 2000. I have never had any trouble with it and it does a real good job. Share this post Link to post
r0cko 0 Posted May 1, 2000 well i installed norton speed disk. moved my pagefile.sys to the front of the disk and then uninstalled it. Thats all i wanted. and it worked Share this post Link to post
Paulyw1985 0 Posted May 1, 2000 What is this fix it nortons utilities? never ever heard of it! : ) can someone fill me in with the info about the program!!? thanks i got windows working i think Share this post Link to post
Ge0ph 0 Posted May 1, 2000 Fix IT Utilites is NOT a norton thing. It is made by Ontrack (you know the people who make PowerDesk)and used Trend virus software. It is very good and does not @#%$ up you system. Share this post Link to post